The title is definitely clickbait-ey but the article reads like a fairly honest (maybe too positive) profile of Friston. For what is worth, I agree that FIM no

The title is definitely clickbait-ey but the article reads like a fairly honest (maybe too positive) profile of Friston. For what is worth, I agree that FIM not being formalised is a point against it, but I wouldn't say there's anything ad-hoc about how it applies when fitting it to e.g. schizophrenia. For what is worth, this quote sums up how I look at it[1]: >Friston mentions many times that free energy is “almost tautological”, and one of the neuroscientists I talked to who claimed to half-understand it said it should be viewed more as an elegant way of looking at things than as a scientific theory per se. 1. http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/03/04/god-help-us-lets-try-to-understand-friston-on-free-energy/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/03/04/god-help-us-lets-try-to...